Notevision vs SpaceEars
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Notevision
Master sight-reading and build musical skill with interactive exercises. Practice using a MIDI instrument, microphone, or on-screen keyboard. Learn music theory and chords with adaptive difficulty and progress tracking.
- Interactive sight-reading exercises
- MIDI, microphone, or on-screen keyboard input
- Adaptive difficulty levels
- Music theory lessons
- Interactive chord reference
- Progress tracking
- Songs and randomized practice
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Notevision is your essential tool for mastering sight reading and building real musical skill. Whether you’re just starting out or refining advanced technique, Notevision helps you learn faster and play with confidence. Why Musicians Choose Notevision: Interactive Sight-Reading Exercises • Targeted practice sessions that quickly sharpen accuracy, rhythm, and note recognition. Flexible Practice Options • Use a MIDI instrument, your device’s microphone, or the built-in on-screen keyboard. Adaptive Difficulty • Adjust challenge levels to match your skill and grow at your own pace. Music Theory Made Simple • Learn key signatures, accidentals, and rhythms—and explore the new key signature reference for quick lookups. Interactive Chord Reference • Browse essential chords with clear visuals and playback support. Chord Practice Mode • Reinforce chord recognition and harmonic understanding through guided exercises. Progress Tracking • Gain motivation from detailed insights that show your improvement over time. Songs & Randomized Practice • Combine structured lessons with curated songs and endlessly varied note patterns. Begin your musical journey with Notevision—learn smarter, play better, and build confidence every day.
SpaceEars
This sci-fi roguelite game makes ear training fun with space battles. Learn music intervals by flying through space, fighting aliens, and unlocking power-ups. Progress through levels and challenges with persistent unlocks, even after defeats.
- Roguelite sci-fi gameplay
- Functional ear training
- Music interval recognition
- Unlockable spaceships and power-ups
- Boss battles
- Progressive difficulty levels
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SpaceEars is a sci-fi roguelite game that gamifies ear training with epic space battles! As you fly through space and fight aliens, you’ll need to recognize music intervals correctly to progress. SpaceEars seamlessly combines epic sci-fi adventures with functional ear training. As you fly and shoot alien ships, you’ll learn different notes. Use music to activate power ups and clear the stage! Unlock new ships, explore new wormholes and defeat alien bosses. Play through roguelite levels and keep your progress as you face new levels and challenges, even if you lose. Players will learn music intervals just as easily as learning game controls. SpaceEars progresses players through levels and musical lessons at a natural pace, bringing roguelite gameplay and ear training together in one amazing mix. SPACEEARS FEATURES: • ROGUELITE SCI-FI GAME - Venture through wormholes, exploring far away space while improving your musical ear without even noticing it! - Defeat bosses in chaotic space battles! - Set the difficulty for each level. - Collect spaceships and power-ups. • EAR TRAINING - Unlock crazy power-ups during each run by recognizing the right music intervals. - Train ascending, descending and harmonic intervals. - You can choose to hear the intervals in the context of a different song at each run, so you can progress in a functional way. - Learn to recognize intervals in a musical context - just like while playing and listening to music! - Each level has a different music track providing a new context for functional ear training • BEYOND SPACE - Control the first alien spaceship recovered in Area 52. - Defeat hordes of aliens, including 20+ unique alien ships, 3 mini-bosses, 3 bosses and 1 super-mega-boss! • A LONG JOURNEY - Gather resources to acquire new spaceships, growing in power to face the final black hole. - Unlock new wormholes to explore and gather enough resources to purchase all 8 unique spaceships! • Extras - Old School: single purchase for the single player campaign, NO ADS or wait times to interrupt gameplay! - Pay once, own everything forever. - Developers actively respond to feedback and update - Big updates planned within this year! Explore space, battle aliens and learn to recognize musical intervals in one epic sci-fi game. Download SpaceEars today! Privacy Policy: https://www.spaceears.com/pirvacy.html EULA: https://www.spaceears.com/pirvacy.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Notevision at Free against SpaceEars's $3.99. Notevision also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 2 months) and ratings volume (3.2K vs 16). SpaceEars's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.8) and chart position (#178 vs unranked). On ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Notevision is free to download; SpaceEars costs $3.99 up front. Notevision sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and SpaceEars sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
SpaceEars holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Notevision has 3.2K ratings behind it against 16, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 89% of Notevision's written reviews are positive against 100% of SpaceEars's.
Notevision ships an update weekly, SpaceEars every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and August 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Notevision | SpaceEars |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $3.99 |
| Rating | 4.8 (3.2K ratings) | 5.0 (16 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 88.6% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 3.2K — better | 16 |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Paid |
| Best chart rank | — | #178 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 57 MB | 239 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Ryan Newsome | Alessandro Fadini |
Customer experience
Notevision
SpaceEars
Bugs and requests
Notevision
Reported bugs
4 issues- Microphone Input from Piano Does Not Work
- Keyboard Covers Notes on iPhone
- Incorrect Note Detection
- Microphone Feature Not Working
Requested features
8 requests- Ability to Practice Chords and Chord Progressions
- Option to Practice Both Hands Playing at the Same Time
- Ability to Import MIDI Files
- Metronome and Rhythm Practice
- User Profiles to Track Individual Progress
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- More Songs and Lessons
- Ability to Set Custom Key Signatures
- Microphone Support for Real Instruments
SpaceEars
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Notevision
- Premium$3.99
SpaceEars
- Premium Subscription - Full$0.991 Month
- Unlock Premium Version$3.99
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